KK-DUMG-002

Graveyard: 
Dunamaggan COI
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IN MEMORY
OF
WALTER MARNELL
1ST BATTALION IRISH GUARDS
WHO SACRIFICED HIS LIFE IN THE BATTLE
OF THE SOMME ON 1ST JULY 1916, AGED
22. HIS BODY LIES IN LIJSSMENTHOEK
MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM.
A BELOVED SON OF
JOHN AND CATHERINE MARNELL
OF DUNNAMAGGIN.
LEST WE FORGET

Memorial Type: 
Wall or mural tablet
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Latitude: 
52.500796388889
Longitude: 
-7.2920563888889
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
3
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Walter
Surname: 
Marnell
Date of death - day: 
1
Date of death - month: 
July
Date of death - year: 
1916
Age: 
22
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Marnell
Relationship with first person: 
Father
Name: 
Catherine
Surname: 
Marnell
Relationship with first person: 
Mother